Writing to persuade

AUDIENCE
BIAS
EMOTIVELANGUAGE
EXCLAMATIONMARKS
HUMOUR
PERSONALPRONOUNS
PERSUADE
PERSUASIVE
PURPOSE
RELATIVECLAUSES
REPETITIONEXAGGERATI
RHETORICALQUESTION
SHORTSENTENCES
SLOGANS
TRIPLETS

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Word	X	Y	Direction
AUDIENCE	4	13	ne
BIAS	4	20	w
EMOTIVELANGUAGE	3	17	n
EXCLAMATIONMARKS	4	4	se
HUMOUR	19	2	w
PERSONALPRONOUNS	13	1	s
PERSUADE	4	3	e
PERSUASIVE	2	12	n
PURPOSE	13	1	w
RELATIVECLAUSES	4	17	ne
REPETITIONEXAGGERATI	4	11	s
RHETORICALQUESTION	19	1	s
SHORTSENTENCES	19	19	w
SLOGANS	13	4	w
TRIPLETS	4	19	ne